New World has come a long way since it was released last year, and an official video from the game has highlighted many of the significant updates that have changed the game. The video details New World's various expansions, content updates, major quality-of-life changes, seasonal events, and new gameplay elements that the game has introduced this year.
Amazon Games had set high expectations over the years for its flagship MMORPG New World, which initially saw an enormous amount of players at launch before New World's player numbers sharply declined shortly after. Many players were unhappy with the state of New World's endgame, the presence of bugs, or various other issues with gameplay. In an effort to remedy these problems and win back its audience, New World has released a series of major updates throughout the year that have improved many aspects of the game while addressing some of the most important player concerns.
To show off all these additions, New World has created an informative trailer that goes through the year's major content updates. To kick things off, the trailer shows the game's new Expeditions content that was added earlier in the year, which provides challenging PvE instances with mutators to make things interesting. The trailer follows up by highlighting the various weapons that have been brought into the game, such as the Void Gauntlet, Blunderbuss, and New World's recently added Greatsword. Since New World's gameplay revolves around weapon choices rather than traditional MMORPG classes, each new weapon represents a significant boost in playstyle variety.
The trailer proceeds to show off the various seasonal events the game has hosted in the last year, such as the Winter Convergence Festival or New World's Rabbits Revenge Easter event. Next up in the video is a showcase of the various general improvements made to the game, such as a reworked starting experience with an improved quest flow, new quest types, additional POIs with new enemies, improved storytelling, and better rewards for player activities. Additionally, several of the early-game settlements have gotten facelifts including Monarch's Bluffs and Everfall.
Capping things off, the video details some of the major quality-of-life improvements for New World such as faster running on roads, quicker leveling, improved combat responsiveness, a new end-game loot system, and various other improvements. Despite starting things off with a rocky launch, New World has made some impressive strides in its first year, and if the game maintains this pace, 2023's New World will be a vastly different experience from the game at release.
New World is available on PC.